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Kevin Bacon Kisses The Following Costar James Purefoy: Picture

British actor James Purefoy was separated by zero degrees from Kevin Bacon in Pasadena, Calf. on Tuesday Jan. 8 -- when the handsome costars of The Following leaned in for a kiss during a Television Critics' Association panel for their new FOX series.

After the panel, Bacon (married to Kyra Sedgwick for nearly 25 years with two kids) gushes to Us Weekly about the kiss. "It was awesome!" Bacon told Us. "How was it for you?" he asked Purefoy, standing beside him.

During the panel itself, Purefoy praised his famous costar. "It's great working with him. The man's a legend . . . If you're playing tennis against somebody useless, you get worse. When you’re playing tennis against somebody like him, you just get better as an actor. So every day when I'm doing a scene with him, I feel like I just get a little bit better."